A few weeks back, Mitch Album, the well known columnist for the Detroit Free Press, wrote an interesting article about death and taxes. The article follows the effects of the death of George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees. The article examined the benefit of passing away this year. Unknown to most people, is that…
Continue reading ›Living in Michigan? Are you a fan of the Michigan State Spartans or an alum? Then tune in to Spartan Nation Radio on the web. Our firm is proud to be the official law firm of Spartan Nation. Spartan Nation is a great sports network dedicated to college athletics news with a specific interest in…
Continue reading ›Often times, as I meet with clients, I learn that a client has attempted to do their own estate planning. While Michigan law allows for holographic wills (a Will written and executed by an individual in their own handwriting) there are certain complexities that remain with estate planning in Michigan. In fact, the biggest error…
Continue reading ›It is important to understand the interplay between the Veteran’s Administration (VA) Aid and Attendance (A&A) Benefits and state Medicaid law. Clients often come to our office in Sterling Heights after hearing about the A&A benefit through seminars organized by financial planners. Seminars in Southeast Michigan are becoming more and more common place as insurance…
Continue reading ›Our firm is pleased to announce that we have partnered with Spartan Nation as a sponsor of Michigan State University related news regarding Spartan Athletics. Through our sponsorship, we have become the “Official Law Firm of Spartan Nation“. Spartan Nation is a media source created by its founder, Hondo Carpenter, Sr. If you are an…
Continue reading ›Although many of you are, or can become, eligible for Non-Service Connected Pension Benefits (most commonly, Pension plus Aid & Attendance), there are many who would be better off applying for Service Connected Compensation. However, in order to ascertain which benefit would be best for you, one must fully understand SC compensation benefits. Unlike NSC…
Continue reading ›On October 13, 2009, VA Secretary Shinseki decided to establish service connection for Vietnam veterans with three conditions; Parkinson’s, B cell leukemias, and ischemic heart disease. These join the already established conditions In the case of a surviving spouse, either the veteran’s death certificate should list one of these presumptive diseases as cause of death…
Continue reading ›Unfortunately, the sting of our economy in Detroit, with the struggles of the automotive industry, has reached beyond individual consumers and into seniors’ pocketbooks. With the increase in unemployment, foreclosures and other difficult times, the Michigan State Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Attorney General have noticed a correlation in elder abuse. Not physical…
Continue reading ›Today I appeared on the “Ask Your Neighbor” radio show with Bob Allison. The topic that we discussed was the use of estate planning documents for disability and long term care planning. You can listen to the segment on the 690 am website. Among the highlights that we discussed were the use of power of…
Continue reading ›Often times, I will work with families that are crisis planning. What does this mean? I define crisis planning as planning by a family that is in the process of assisting a loved one with an illness, injury, or disease. In Michigan, especially in Metro-Detroit, it is difficult to get the right information to assist…
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